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Wrong wrong wrong. Cabinets to go are made in China. They are infested with formaldehyde as well as sulfur. If you wish to kill your family or at least make younger children with undeveloped immune systems sick who come in contact with the high levels of poisons then go for it. That trash does not meet any USA environmental standards yet is allowed to be imported here.
Overlooking all the above, this company has a very limited catalog. For instance they don't even sell an oven cabinet. Instead the consumer is instructed to buy 24"x the height flat panels, then cross panels or basically precut shelves. And YOU the consumer have to figure out how to build an oven cabinet yourself with a bunch of parts. Take the average Joe who thinks he is saving money by doing this. Imagine the disaster? Imagine the butcher job?
No no no my friends, steer clear of this inferior garbage.
The Martha Stewart stuff at Home Depot is just as affordable.
Ha......you were fooled!!!!!!!!!
Martha Stewart cabinets are made by Masterbrand Cabinets. It is a Masterbrand cabinet through and through except they stamp Marths's name in the drawers. They are made in Jasper, Indiana. All on the same assembly line.
But no it is not affordable, at least when you buy it from the big orange who only wants your little green. If you find Masterbrand in a small kitchen showroom they most likely discount from list price.......unlike the big box stores.
I've posted extensively before on the topic of IKEA kitchens. I've put three different ones in various cottage-size houses I've remodeled and sold. I did the first one in Pittsburgh the first year IKEA came to the U.S. More than ten years later I sold that house and the kitchen remodel was most prominently featured in the Realtor's photos of my home. The cabinets were still in top condition 10+ years old.
Since then I have done two other kitchens with IKEA cabinets. Each year the selection gets better and more extensive. I love the refrigerator cabinet with side panels that make the refrig look built-in and gives you a deep roomy cabinet above. (Great for seldom-used small appliance storage.) I also like the versatility and variety of options for the pantry cabinets. There are customizable parts for a wide variety of storage options (bins, sliding shelves, multi-depth shelves, etc., for pantries and dividers galore for drawers). You'll keep your kitchen neater if you have places to store everything.
I assembled the cabinets myself (practice makes perfect, drawer units are hardest) and had a contractor install them. Each of the contractors said they were easy to work with. I am less enamored with IKEA countertops than cabinets, although they have recently increased their selections and I would be willing to try their solid-surface one the next time I remodel. Their sink and faucet selections are also fine with me (and I have used other top U.S. names on various remodeling projects and didn't find them any better, though they were considerably more expensive).
As others have mentioned, ordering is a snap. Carefully measure your kitchen, put your dimensions in their online design tool and work out what you want. Take your list to the store and they will double check everything and place your order. Most of the stuff I've chosen has been in stock. I had to wait for a few oddball things, but they came in reasonable time and were delivered to my house when they came in. If you're on a budget, I rate IKEA kitchen products as the best selection and value for the money.
And, yes, European environmental standards ARE higher than ours and the IKEA products sold in the U.S. are the same ones sold overseas. Watch House Hunters International on HGTV and you'll see a lot of IKEA kitchens.
So...does everything sold at Ikea meet European standards for toxicity or is it just the kitchens?
"IKEA has long worked to minimize the use of formaldehyde. Since 1986, IKEA has applied the German formaldehyde requirement, currently the strictest, for all IKEA products on all sales markets, even where no limit exists. The German limit is such that even persons who are over sensitive to formaldehyde should not experience any problems. Denmark and Austria have similar requirements, while Sweden, Norway, Finland and California have their own formaldehyde requirements."
"IKEA has long worked to minimize the use of formaldehyde. Since 1986, IKEA has applied the German formaldehyde requirement, currently the strictest, for all IKEA products on all sales markets, even where no limit exists. The German limit is such that even persons who are over sensitive to formaldehyde should not experience any problems. Denmark and Austria have similar requirements, while Sweden, Norway, Finland and California have their own formaldehyde requirements."
Looks like Ikea will probably be my first choice for cheap throwaway furniture from now on.
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